Town of Razlog
The town of Razlog lies in the Razlog
valley and is surrounded by three mountains – Rila to the north, Pirin to the
south and the Rhodopes – to the east. Its distance to the capital city of Sofia is 155km.
Two Thracian tribes – ‘dii’ and ‘satri’ - were the first to settle in the area
of present-day Razlog. In 847, Razlog was included in the territory of Bulgaria during the rule of
Khan Presyan. Thereafter, the town shared the fate of other Bulgarian lands with
the major exception being its non-inclusion in the liberated territories
following the Russian-Turkish war of 1877-1878. Razlog was eventually liberated
following desperate uprisings by its citizens and the population of
neighbouring areas - namely the Kresna-Razlog (1878) and the
Ilinden-Preobrazhenie (1903) uprisings of the Pirin region.
The town of Razlog is mostly famous for
its houses of the so-called Razlog-Chepino architectural style that spread
during the Bulgarian Renaissance period. Nowadays, there are 41 such houses in
good condition in Razlog, and some of these have been transformed into museums
of history and ethnography. In the vicinity of Razlog, one can take hiking
tours to natural sights and archaeological remains. For instance, up in the
slopes of Pirin, one can visit the Iztoka and Krushe protected areas with
mineral water springs and medieval remains, the Mechata Dupka and Propadnaloto
caves. In the slopes of Rila, interesting sights are the Stolovatets area for
its remains of a Thracian sanctuary and the Katarino area with its mineral
water.
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